Idea Cellular has launched a new VAS (Value Added Service) called Music Recharge, that would let the users to listen to their favorite Telugu and Hindi songs of different genres on their phone. The Idea users could listen to the songs just by recharging for a desired amount and dialing a number on any type of handset. There are over 1 lakh songs in the library to listen to. Continue reading “Idea launches Music Recharge VAS service in Andhra Pradesh”
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Samsung Champ 3.5G, Chat 527 and Primo, 3G phones launched in India
Samsung has launched 3 new 3G phones, Samsung Champ 3.5G, Samsung Chat 527 and Samsung Primo in India. The Samsung Champ is a touch phone with 2.8 inch touch screen. The Samsung Chat 527 (S5270) is a QWERTY phone with optical track pad and the Samsung Primo (S5610) has 2.4 inch display. Samsung now has 13 phones in their 3G portfolio, and these phones would deliver data speeds up to 7.2 Mbps in 3G. Continue reading “Samsung Champ 3.5G, Chat 527 and Primo, 3G phones launched in India”
Micromax X222 – Budget Dual SIM Touch phone
Micromax X222 is a Dual SIM GSM phone with Dual Standby, 2.4 inch resistive touch screen and a pretty affordable price tag. It has VGA camera, Stereo FM Radio, Bluetooth and Expandable Memory up to 8GB. It also has Muli-format Audio and Video player. Continue reading “Micromax X222 – Budget Dual SIM Touch phone”
Mobile News Roundup – September 19 2011
Here is the FoneArena Mobile Roundup for the 3rd week of September 2011. SanDisk has announced that they would broaden the distribution network by partnering with Beetel Teletech and making them as an authorized distributor to distribute SanDisk memory cards across India. The memory card comes at wide range of capacities that include, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB to meet a range of storage needs. Continue reading “Mobile News Roundup – September 19 2011”
Airtel launches GO! GO! GOAL Contest for Football lovers in Rajasthan
Airtel has launched GO! GO! GOAL Contest 2011 for their Rajasthan customers. This contest would let the Airtel customers in Rajasthan to subscribe to their Football Day Alerts and Hall of Fame packs and win exiting prices. The HALL OF FAME PACK lets you follow your favorite footballer of all times and Football Match Day Alerts Pack offers you Live and specialized content from the world of football like European leagues (EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga and lots more), the Indian I-League and International Championships. Continue reading “Airtel launches GO! GO! GOAL Contest for Football lovers in Rajasthan”
Google Voice Actions for Android now supports British English, French, Italian, German and Spanish
Google Voice Actions, that lets you control your Android phone or tablet with voice command now supports additional languages like British English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. This would let the users in users in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain to call contacts, send texts, browse the web and do much more using voice commands in their own language. Continue reading “Google Voice Actions for Android now supports British English, French, Italian, German and Spanish”
Vorce – Instant language translation app for iPhone
Vorce [voh-krey], instant language translation app allows users to communicate instantly with anybody from anywhere. It translates your voice into other languages instantly and magically speaks what you’ve said into the selected language when you flip the phone horizontally. The language options include English (US/GB/AU), Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese and Chinese. Continue reading “Vorce – Instant language translation app for iPhone”
Shop, Search and Compare prices with eBay iPhone app for India
eBay India has launched their app for iPhone users. The would let the Indian users log in to their eBay account and shop items. You can also search for an item, get instant alerts when you are outbid or when an auction ends and also compare prices in the store against eBay prices using the phone’s bar code scanner. Continue reading “Shop, Search and Compare prices with eBay iPhone app for India”
Nokia OVI store Top Symbian Apps in India
Nokia has released the list of popular Symbian apps in the OVI store in India. These apps are based on the popularity such as download, rating etc. among the users in India. These apps are of different categories like Entertainment, Social, Communication and Games. Continue reading “Nokia OVI store Top Symbian Apps in India”
Nokia 100 and Nokia 101 phones launched in India
Nokia has launched their Nokia 100, single SIM and Nokia 101, Dual SIM phones in India. These phones were announced in the last week of August. The Nokia 101 is Nokia’s fifth dual SIM phone and it is also the most affordable dual SIM Nokia phone till date. Both these phones run on Nokia’s S30 platform. Continue reading “Nokia 100 and Nokia 101 phones launched in India”
Idea 3G now available across 145 towns in UP West and Uttrakhand
Idea 3G services are now available across 145 towns in UP West and Uttrakhand that makes them largest 3G network in this region. They expanded their 3G services to 128 more towns in this region in July and the data traffic in semi-urban regions seems to be growing. They have also launched Double Dhamaka 3G offer and 3G packs starting as low as Rs.7 Continue reading “Idea 3G now available across 145 towns in UP West and Uttrakhand”
Book tickets from your iPhone or Android Phone with the PVR Cinemas App
PVR Cinemas has launched their Android and iPhone apps. These app not only lets you see the current and upcoming movies in the PVR cinemas, but also lets you book the tickets for the movies running in 154 PVR screens in 20 cities across India. The Android app is Java based app, so everything is touch, and you can’t use the menu keys. Continue reading “Book tickets from your iPhone or Android Phone with the PVR Cinemas App”
Sprint announces LG Marquee, coming on October 2 for $99.99
Sprint USA has announced LG Marquee that has 4 inch bright NOVA display and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It features 1GHz processor, 5 megapixel rear-facing autofocus camera with flash and 2 megapixel front-facing camera. The device would also come with Sprint ID and there Sprint ID packs for apps, ringer tones, wallpapers, widgets and more. This phone is the LG Optimus Black but it comes with few changes like different back cover and the Android 2.3. Continue reading “Sprint announces LG Marquee, coming on October 2 for $99.99”
Vodafone Smart now available in India for Rs. 6695
Vodafone Smart, also known as Vodafone 858 Smart is now available in India. Vodafone has not officially released the phone but it is available for sale on Flipkart. This phone has 2.2 inch touch and runs on Android 2.2 (FroYo). It features 528 Mhz Qualcomm MSM7225 processor and has 2MP camera. They officially launched the Facebook phone, Vodafone Blue last week. Continue reading “Vodafone Smart now available in India for Rs. 6695”
HTC Sensation XE Specifications and Price
HTC announced HTC Sensation XE, their first HTC phone with Beats audio today. HTC announced its partnership with Beats Electronics last month and promised to launch HTC devices with beats audio. The Clove UK, online retail site has revealed the price and the launch date of the phone for UK. The HTC Sensation XE runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), features 1.5GHz Dual core processor and has extended battery. It also has aluminum uni-body. Continue reading “HTC Sensation XE Specifications and Price”